January 5, 2011 12:32 pm· Comments Off on DSWD eyes add'l 1.3 million beneficiaries for 4Ps in 2011

MANILA, Jan. 5 – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman said the agency is planning to add 1.3 million poor families to its roster of 'Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program" (4Ps) beneficiaries this 2011.

January 5, 2011 12:32 pm· Comments Off on Top NPA leader, companion nabbed in quezon

MANILA, Jan. 5 – Security forces have arrested a ranking leader of the communist New Peoples Army (NPA) and an associate in Lucena City on Tuesday when government troops resumed offensive operations against the insurgents after holiday truce.

MANILA, Jan. 5  The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) said Wednesday it is looking into politics as a possible angle in the slaying of a Masbate local official in Novaliches, Quezon City Tuesday afternoon.

January 5, 2011 12:32 pm· Comments Off on Pangasinan focuses on investment, tourism for 2011

By Leonardo V. Micua

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Jan. 5 — Investment and tourism are on top of the priorities of the Pangasinan provincial government for 2011 in line with the vision to make it as the countrys number one province.

January 5, 2011 12:32 pm· Comments Off on Iloilo town implements speed ordinance

STA. BARBARA, Iloilo, Jan. 5 — An electronic contraption called a Radar Gun which closely resembles a hair dryer is going to keep watch of Sta. Barbara's perimeter highways starting the first week of January 2011.

January 5, 2011 12:32 pm· Comments Off on DOLE assists employers in computation of new COLA for Cordillera workers

BAGUIO CITY, Jan. 5 — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Wednesday said it has started to help employers in the proper computation of an additional P12 in the cost of living allowance (COLA) of their respective workers effective January 1, 2011.

January 5, 2011 12:32 pm· Comments Off on Land conflict eyed in shooting of Rep. Pacquiao aide

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Jan. 5  Police investigators in South Cotabato are closely looking at a brewing land-related conflict as behind the daring shooting of a liaison officer of Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel Pacquiao infront of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region 12 offices in Koronadal City late Tuesday afternoon.